The "can't hear, can't speak, can't see" meme is everywhere and it's all Bird Box's fault

31 December 2018, 13:42

By Nicky Idika

'Hush', 'Bird Box', and 'A Quiet Place' have inspired the funniest "Can't hear, can't speak, can't see" memes.

The "can't hear, can't speak, can't see" meme is everywhere and you have three very specific horror movies to thank for that. Since Netflix's Bird Box dropped in December, fans have been reminded of two other horror movies where the premise revolves around not having access to one of their most important senses.

In 2016's Hush, the protagonist cannot hear. In 2018's A Quiet Place, a family must remain silent and, therefore, cannot speak. In 2018's Bird Box, the characters cannot remove their blind folds, meaning they cannot see.

The internet found a sense of humour about the common thread in all these films and the "can't hear, can't speak, can't see" meme was born.

Listen, Stefan. Sweetie. I TRIED.

can’t hear
can’t speak
can’t see
can’t make any good decisions for stefan no matTER WHAT YOU DO#Bandersnatch pic.twitter.com/GOKSeLlWJR
— lauren🔭 (@rolivia_svu) December 28, 2018

The same could not be said for Ms.Keisha.

can’t see
can’t talk
can’t hear
can’t kill me pic.twitter.com/tipWwNbMGV
— RyansAverageLife (@RyanAbe) December 27, 2018

Where my Legally Blonde stans at?

Can’t hear
Can’t speak
Can’t see
Can’t wet your hair for at least 24 hours after getting a perm at the risk of deactivating the ammonium thioglycolate pic.twitter.com/qtUcEdlGrq
— Caleb Roehrig (@MikalebRoehrig) December 31, 2018

This post just called me out.

cant speak
cant hear
cant see
cant get your shit together pic.twitter.com/6S4EktbFSE
— joey (@jodackblack) December 28, 2018

HAVEN'T YOU PEOPLE EVER HEARD OF–

can't hear
can't speak
can't see
can’t close the goddamn door pic.twitter.com/2Sf1quJPCj
— Pânico! na Discoteca (@panicodiscoteca) December 30, 2018

If you know, you know.

Can't Speak
Can't Hear
Can't See
Can't FLUSH A TOILET AFTER THEY'VE HAD A SHET pic.twitter.com/u9uJm0FnKZ
— Ali (@caniget_uuuhhhh) December 30, 2018

Me and my 45 second attention span cannot disagree.

Can't see
Can't speak
Can't hear
Can't even study pic.twitter.com/zKkAew5pSc
— nyumnyum (@hakimabdhalim) December 28, 2018

Yogurt king

can't hear
can't speak
can't see
can’t stop eating yoghurt pic.twitter.com/w7BhXsus5z
— billie (@fvmero) December 28, 2018

I can't believe you've done a tweet this perfect.

Can’t hear

Can’t speak

Can’t see

Can’t believe you’ve done this. pic.twitter.com/QPFXcStZhC
— Miriam O’Donkor (@Miriam_OD1) December 30, 2018

A classic.

can’t hear
can’t speak
can’t see
can’t sit with us pic.twitter.com/3A3FjnBaEu
— frank costa (@feistyfrank) December 27, 2018

When you never learned how to read.

can’t hear
can’t speak
can’t see
can’t read pic.twitter.com/HzP9Q1Xsd9
— danny devito fucker ☼ | 117 (@lokicdinson) December 27, 2018

Can't possibly be OK after seeing this.

can’t hear
can’t speak
can’t see
You can't swim, you can't dance and you don't know karate pic.twitter.com/YRCOaVSEgK
— Liam (@Liams_Dead) December 28, 2018